The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2020] QB 1076
Court of Appeal
Warsama and another v Foreign and Commonwealth Office and another
Gannon and another v Foreign and Commonwealth Office and another
[2020] EWCA Civ 142
2019 Nov 27, 28;
2020 Feb 11
2020 Feb 11
Lord Burnett of Maldon CJ, Coulson, Rose LJJ
Parliament— Privilege— Proceedings in Parliament— Inquiry report published in House of Commons following Motion for an Unopposed Return— Claimants bringing claim on basis report breaching Convention rights— Whether report “proceedings in Parliament”— Whether Parliamentary privilege applying— Whether claims to be struck out—
Bill of Rights 1688 (1 Will & Mary, sess 2, c 2), art 9
Human rights— Public authority— Functions of public nature— Non-statutory inquiry into serious allegations of child sex abuse publishing report critical of whistle-blowers— Whistle-blowers bringing claim for damages for breach of Convention rights— Whether inquiry panel “public authority”— Whether inquiry performing public function—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 6